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W. G. WINPIELD.

LANTERN.

No. 447,549. Patented-Mar. 3, 1891.

INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM O. \VINFIELD, OF WARREN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THEW'INFIELDMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,549, dated March 3,1891.

Application filed February 23, 1889. Serial No. 300,819. (No'modeL) Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. WINFIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Warren, in the county of Tru mbull and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lanterns; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in lanterns; and the object of theinvention is to provide a lantern with improved facilities for removingthe globe and for lighting and filling the lantern, as well as tosimplify and improve the construction of the guard, all substantially asshown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a lanternembodying my improvements, the air-tube at the near side being brokenaway and the globe tilted as for removal. Fig. 2 is a'front elevation ofa lantern constructed as in Fig. 1, except that the side wires aremovably connected with the canopy, and the guard and side wires arerigid with one another. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the form shown inFig. 2, with the globe-rest swung laterally at the bottom on itspivot-link to facilitate lighting or filling. Fig. 4 shows the form ofthe pivot-link in connection with the burner-cap and side. Fig. 5 showsa side wire rigid on the-globe-rest and pivotally and removablyconnected with the canopy. Fig. 6 shows a rigid connection of side wireon globe-rest and canopy and an intermediate jointsay about the middleof the wire. Fig. 7 shows side wires rigid on the guard and the canopyand jointed between these parts, which is equivalent tojointing at theguard. Fig. Sshows a novel way of attaching the side wire to the canopy,so as to get pivotal connection with security of connection. 1 Theinvention, as above indicated, is confined more especially to themechanism for tilting and swinging of the globe and -'to the guard forprotecting the globe. To this end A represents the globe, and B thecanopy therefor. The canopy is preferably provided witha slight neck orcollar b, which fits loosely on the center tube 0, thus allowing thecanopy to tilt, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. The neck b is not really amaterial feature, as the canopy could be secured on the tube without it;but 5 5 the connection of the canopy with the said tube need be suchthat the canopy may swivel, tilt, or turn, as well as slide more or lessthereon, so as to adapt it to the lateral movements of the globe hereinprovided for.

D are the side wires, which are here shown as connecting the guard andthe canopy, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and also as extending down to theglobe-rest. These wires may be rigid with thecanopy, as they are in Fig.l, where they 6 5 pivot on the guard, as at cl, or they may be movablyand detachably connected therewith, as seen in Figs. 2 and 5, or theymay, of course, be pivoted on the canopy and not removable, as seen inFig. 8. When a rigid 7o connection is made between the side wires andthe guard, as in Figs. 2 and 3, the said wires must have a jointedconnection with the canopy on which the canopy can tip to allow theremoval of the globe from the guard; but a perfectly rigid connection atthe guard and on the canopy is admissible to make the adjustment seen inFig. 3. In case the side wires areattached by joint or pivot to thecanopy or are pivotally and removably connected therewith and rigid withthe guard, as in Fig. 2, for example, or pivoted on both canopy andguard, the spring support or holder E of the globe about its top willserve to deflect or tilt the canopy when the globe is thrown out to theposition seen in Fig. 3. This holder E bears upon the bead a around thetop of the globe and has sufficient downward spring and pressure toanswer this purpose, while at the sametime it stays thc'globe olaterally and presses it upon its rest F, so as to prevent shaking orrattling.

E represents the globe-guard. In the construction of guards severalthings are desirable: first, that the least amount of wire 5 should beused compatible with the protection of the globe, which promotes economyof manufacture; second, that the guard should not increase the spaceoccupied by the lantern, and that the symmetry of structure in Ioo thelantern as a whole should be promoted. To this end I have made a guardwith a horizontal portion 6, which passes around the swell of the globesomewhat above its center, and inverted V-shaped portions e, connectedat their apex c with the horizontal wire and at the base or lowerextremities with the globe-rest F. The connections at both points arerigid, so as to make the globe rest and guard rigid with each other andmovable together. In forming the guard the most convenient method may beadopted, and the horizontal portion may be made in part with theV-shaped portion or separately, and afterward soldered or otherwisefastened thereto.

The guard proper, it will be understood, consists in the parts heredescribed as constituting the guard, and though the side wires extend upalong the outside of the globe thev have no function behind the sidetubes as guards, but serve merely as connections between the canopy andguard or globe rest, whereby said parts are held together and the globeis secured to obtain firmness of position and the various adjustmentshereinbefore mentioned.

Now in order to make the adjustments of the globe shown in Figs. 1 and 3I employ a link or ring G, which is pivoted near the base of the burnerat one side thereof, as g, and on the bottom of the globe-rest, as g,and has a straight or substantially straight pivot portion, so as toprevent lateral play of the globe between the side tubes when the partsare raised or tilted and to insure accurate seating of the globe-restwhen it is brought back to position. The extremes of both movements areshown in Figs. 1 and 3, and the canopy is so constructed at itsconnection with the center tube that it will bind or look on the tubeand prevent the parts from swinging farther out at the base on thepivot-link than substantially as shown in Fig.1. In this position theparts will rest and give ready access to the burner to remove the cap,trim the wick, and light, or to fill the oil-reservoir, when the globecan be swung back and all the parts will automatically resume theirproper positions. In these back-and-forth movements the globe pan andcanopy move in unison to the same relative inclinations and positions,and, as before stated, may have a rigid connection or apivotalconnection through the guard and side arms at different points, as shownand described.

In operation, with the construction shown in Fig. 1 itis only necessaryto press upward on the handle-extension Z of the globe-holder E to throwall the parts easily into the position shown in said figure. This isdone by hearing upward against the extension i-say with the thumb-whilethe fingers of the same hand bear downward upon the air-tubes. It isequally convenient and easy to carry the parts into the position seen inFig. 3 with one hand as well as to carry them back again. All thesefacilities and advantages, it will be observed, are obtained with asaving of material as compared with the old form of lantern. \Vhen theparts are down in position for example, as in Fig. 2-it is desirable tohave the globe-rest locked to the base or body of the lantern, so thatin case the lantern is thrown upon its side or the like and the globebroken the rest F, burner-cap, and other parts connected with the burnerwill be held firmly in place and danger from fire on this accountaverted. To this end I employ a spring-latch 70, preferably fixed on thepivotlink G, connecting the globe-rest with the base, which engages witha catch on the side tube. This is one form of a lock serving thispurpose. Obviously many other forms might be suggested.

Throughout this description and the claims the word wire has been usedas a generic term to designate the construction of the side wires,guard, and other parts, and wire proper is best adapted to thesepurposes; but I desire it to be understood that the term is meant toinclude and cover such equivalents as strips of metal, whether single,double, rolled, or twisted, and employed in the same relation andcombination shown herein and described. Such change of metal of courseis obvious, and maybe made, if preferred, withoutdeparting from theinvention covered by the claims.

In Fig. 5 I show side wires rigidly connected with the globe-pan andpivotally and detachably connected with the canopy, the wire being bentat right angles to engage a springcatch 1 on the canopy, which serves tohold the wires in place. In Fig. 6 the wires are rigidly attached toboth canopy and globerest and jointed at Z about midway of their entirelength. In Fig. 7 the wires are rigid with the guard and the canopy andjointed intermediately of these parts. In Fig. 8 the side wire is shownas jointed in the canopy by forming a loop on in the canopy itself, and,having passed the side wire through the loop, the end is bent at rightangles to lock it therein. These are a few of the modifications thatsuggest themselves in carrying out my invention. Others might be given,but are not deemed necessary.

From the foregoing description the manner of throwing the globe intoposition, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, is obvious. For example, theposition in Fig. 1 is obtained by merely raising the spring-holder E andslightly tilting the canopy, if desired, when the top of the globe maybe pressed outward and the parts will tilt into the position shown inFig. 1 and the globe can be lifted out. To get the position in Fig. 3the hook it is released and the globe, guard, and canopy carried bodilyupward. This movement will tilt the globe to one side at the bottom,owing to the position of the link or ring G with respect to the base andthe globe-rest. The canopy slides up on its support and tiltssufliciently to allow the necessary lateral movement at the base.

I do not broadly claim a canopy supported ITO IIQ

on a central air-tube and adapted to slide and rock thereon at the sametime or when the globe is swung laterally at its base, nor do I broadlyclaim the combination of a lanternframe and a globe rest or holderhaving its upper end at all times secured to the lanternframe and itslower end hinged to the base to swing laterally out of position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a tubular lantern, a globe-guard having a horizontal upper portionand sides rigid with the globe-rest and said upper portion and aglobe-rest pivoted at one side of its center to tilt laterally, incombination with a canopy and pivoted connections between the canopy andthe globe-guard, substantially as described.

a pivot at one side on which it tilts and a guard rigid therewith, incombination with a canopy supported on a tube and free to slide and tiltthereon and pivoted side connections uniting the canopy and the guard,substantially as set forth.

3. In a tubular lantern, a globe-rest and a canopy, in combination withconnections of fixed lengths between the rest and canopy rigid with theglobe-rest and provided with joints by which the canopy is free to tiltfor the removal of the globe, substantially as set forth.

4. In a tubular lantern, a globe-rest and a link connected pivotallywith said rest and the base of the lantern, in combination with a guardfor the globe, a canopy, and pivoted side wires extending from the guardto the canopy, substantially as set forth.

5. In a tubular lantern, the lantern-base and the globe-rest and anintermediate link on which the rest has two pivot movements, in

.as described. 2. In a tubular lantern,a globe-rest having 7. In atubular lantern, a globe-rest and a canopy, in combination withconnections between the said parts rigid at their ends and jointed .ator near the center to permit the tilting of the globe-rest and canopy,anda central tube on which the canopy tilts, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 14th day of February, A. D. 1889.

WILLIAM C. XVINFIELD.

